People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — Page 4
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The People’s Pilot. BY F. D. CRAIG, (Lessee.) PILOT PUBLISHING CO.» (Limited,) Proprietors. David H. Yeoman, President. We. Washburn. Vice President. Lee E. Glazebrook, Sec’y. J. A. McFarland Treas. The People’s Pilot is the ofticlai organ of •fee Jasper and Newton County Alliances,and .» published every Thursday at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM Entered as second class matter at the post office in Rensselaer. Ind.
DELEGATES TO ST. LOUIS.
Call to Indiana Populists Authorizing Their Selection. To the Voters of the People's Party. Under the call of the Peoples party. Indiana is entitled to thirty delegates to the national convention. The state central committee by virtue of the authority vested in it by the national committee have apportioned the delegates among the several districts of this state as follows: Each district under the new apportionment is entitled to two delegates, and the First, Second, Fifth and Ninth districts are each entitled to additional delegate, on the basis of the vote cast for Dr. Kobinson for secretary of state. The Seventh district having already selected two delegates at its district convention, the action of said district, and any other districts having taken similar action, has been approved by the state committee. The basis of representation to the district convention will be the same as for district conventions under last call. District committeemen are authorized to reconvene their district conventions, or ca'l new ones, for the selection of national delegates. Under the foregoing apportionment there will be no delegates at large, as it was thought best to apportion all among the several districts as above indicated. District chairmen will, under the above instructions, fix such time and place as their respective judgments may indicate. N. T. Butts, [Attest.] Chairman. S. M. Shepard, Secretary. Reform papers will please copy and keep standing.
Of one thing there is no question the populists will adopt a silver plank that cannot be misunderstood.
With lower prices and the greater purchasing power of tne dollar, takes should be lower. It is true anywhere? We know it is the reverse in Jasper county.
“Great, and splendid and powerful as our government is. it cannot by legislative fiat make fifty cents worth a dollar.” —Candidate for Senator, Fairbanks, at Indianapolis. We never met Mr, Fairbanks, but he is either a durned liar or a blamed fool. The reader excuse the brevity of the above paragraph. During the last dozen years rich gold mines have been discovered throughout the globe. The output of the yellow metal has been unprecedented. There has been no increase demand in the acts. In fact every reason given (except the fiat reason which he laughs at) for the cheapening of silver is a better reason for the cheapening of gold, and to-day the richer powers of the world are coining fifty cents worth of gold into gold dollars. The fifty cents worth of gold is made a hundred by fiat Most of the gold-bugs have said that they were in favor of international coinage of both silver-gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. Now, what is that? , By common consent England France, Germany and the United States declare fifty cents worth of silver a dollar And it is.—Fowler Leader.
Drowned Her Baby.
After a quarrel with her husband Mrs. Hannah Kock left home with her two children and threw them and herself into the river near the California avenue bridge. She and her 2-month-old daughter Emma were drowned, but the other child, Charles, 9 years old escaped.
Silver Candidate Wanted.
The North Dakota state democratic convention at Jamestown Thursday elected delegates to the Chicago convention and instructed them to vote for a plank for the free coinage of both gold and silver at 16 to 1 and use their influence to secure a silver candidate.
Conveotion Postponement.
The call for the tenth District Congressional Convention to select delegates to the National Convention which was issued last week for the 20th of June is hereby withdrawn and the time changed to July 16th. The change is made because the time given was too short to allow all the counties proper time to hold precinct and county conventions, for the further reason that the railroad company in granting the reduced rate home advertised the date as the 27th of Juue, This change has also necessitated a change of speakers, and arrangement have consequently been made with Hon. H. S. P. (Stump) Ashby of Texas, the most eloquent populist orator of the Lone Star state. He will speak both afternoon and evening. Mr. Ashby has been engaged for the whole month of July to campaign in Indiana, and in another place are given the dates as arranged. It is hoped that this change will be made to hrve the convention fully attended and the rally the greatest politicial event in the history of the tenth district. Call for Congressional Convention.
Conuvessional Convention. Pursuant to Instruction from the State Central Committee, I hereby call a convention of the People’s Party of the Tenth Congressional District of Indiana to meet at Rensselaer at one o’clock sharp, on Saturday, June 16.1896, to elect two delegatss and two alternates to the People’s Party National convention to be held at St. Louis. Mo., July 22. 1896, said Congressional Convention to be eomppsed of delegates, one delegate from each township and one additional delegate for each fifty and major fraction thereof of the votes cast for Dr. Robinson for secretary of state, which will entitle tha several counties to delegates as follows; Warren 13. Tippecanoe 16. White 16, Benton 12, Newton 13, Jasper 34. Lake 15. Porter 15. La Porte 23. Theseveral county chairmen "are requested to at once assemble county conventions to select delegates as above. Counties that are unorganized will meet in mass convention and besides naming delegates perfect organization. Arrangements have been made for half fare rates on the Motion and a large popular gathering is assured as speakers of national reputation will address the people In the afternoon and evening on the Free Coinage of Silver and Money Question. Hon. H. S. p. (Stump) Ashby of Texas has been engaged and negotiations are in progress to also secure Senator Stewart of Nevada. These speakers are so well known and.sueh able orators that no pains should be spared to make this inaugural event in the campaign of this district productive of great good. Half rates good going on Wednes day and Thursday and returning on The call for con vention to meet on the 2oth of June. 1866. is hereby withdrawn. F. I). Craig, Chairman.
Jasper County Convention.
Voters of the People’s Party will meet in convention at their usual places of meeting in the several townships of. Jasper County, Ind., July 11, 1896, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of electing delegates to the district convention to be held at Rensselaer, July 16, 1896. Under the call, Jasper County is entitled to twenty-four delegates, being one at large from each township, and one for each fifty or major fraction of fifty votes cast for Dr. Robinson for Sec. of State in 1894, By this apportionment the different townships are entitled to delegates as follows: Hanging Grove *. 1 Gillam, 2 Walker 1 Barkley, 2 Marion 3 Jordan, 3 Newton, l Keener, 2 Kankakee l Carpenter 3 Milroy l union 3 Wheatfleld, l Each township will also choose One delegate, and Carpenter, Jordan and Union, one additionaldelegate to the stateconvention to be held at Indianapolis, July 28, 1896. The district convention at Rensselaer will choose two delegates to the people’s party national convention to be held at St. Louis, July 22, 1896. Let every voter„see to it, that he is properly represented at these meetings. J. A. McFarland, Chairman Co.Cen. Com L. Strong, Sec. J. H. Cox was called by telegraph to Fort Wayne on account of the illness of his son George. Captain Kemp of the Salvation Army will preach in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at the usual hour. Capt. Davis will occupy the pulpit in the Baptist church- The band will accompany Capt. Kemp. . An evil averted amounts to a temptation resisted.
THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND.. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1896.
Dates for “Stump” Ashby.
The following dates have been arranged for Hon. H. S. P. Ashby of Texas: Friday, July 10, afternoon. Fowler. “ night. Goodland. Saturday, July 11, afternoon Wheatfleld. night, Monday. July 13, afternoon Laporte. night. Michigan City Tuesday, July 14, afternon, Valparaiso. ’’ night. ■ Wednesday, July 15, afternoon, Crown Point "July 15,night, Hammond. Thursday, July 16, afternoon, Rensselaer. "July 16, night Remington. Friday, July 17, afternoon. Delphi. “ July 17, night, Lcgansport. Saturday, July 18. afternoon, Monticello. "Jnly 18, night. LaFayette. Monday. July2o. afternoon Williamsport. “ July 20, night, Vedersburg.
CROPS OF INDIANA.
V. S. Bureau, Indianapolis.
Very favorable weather, warm, suDny and good rains on- several days advanced and improved crops, but in mauy fields the ground was too wet for cultivating. Wheat is ripening fast, and in some localities the harvest has begun. Barley is being putin shock, and hay making has begun in some localities. Wheat in general is a poor crop. Barley and rye will yield a fair crop. Clover in many localities is considered a fair crop, but hay and timothy will be short. Oats are in excellent condition, promising a good yield. Corn is growing rapidly, is vigorous, and stands well under good cultivation; in some fields it had to be replanted. Early potatoes are large enough for digging, and late potatoes are nearlv everywhere in bloom, and of good promise. The weather has been good for setting tobacco plants, but they are scarce and not abundant. Pasturage is fair and stock in good condition. The army worm in localities of the central portion is doing much damage. Fruit and berries continue to be in best condition, except apples, which are falling off much. Large hail in Wabash county ruined all crops. The hail belt was about three miles wide. NORTHERN PORTION. Lake and Porter counties— Good growing weather aud all crops look promising, except wheat, which is badly damaged by rust and fly; oats growth somewhat rank; pastures fine; plenty of fruit; corn doing wqll. St. Joseph and Elkhart counties —Timothy not in as good condition as other grasses; potatoes in bloom; clover hay being cut; corn growing well, and its cultivation the principal work; wheat is filling in, but there is much straw; considerable rye has been cut for hay; plenty of strawberries, and good prospects for other truits. Steuben, DeKalb and Noble counties —Wheat has recovered somewhat during week; corn plowing the main work; all kinds of crops are in splendid condition, but there are plenty of insects; fruit prospects continue good. Marshall county —Crops of ail kinds doing well; corn is doing very well; wheat appears in better shape. Fultou county—Considerable corn being replanted, and in localities looks bad; other crops look well; early potatoes large enough for use. A lien and Whitley counties—Numerous showers have helped appearance of all crops, retarded work in some localities and caused rank growth of oats in others; hay making will commence next week; corn is doing well; fruit prospects good. Adams and Wells counties —A little too much rain for good farm work, but corn is looking fine; wheat will be generally harvested in June: oats and timothy look rank in localities; fruit in fine conj dition. Huntington county — Wheat looks better, but in localities is badly rusted; some wheat has been cut, a thing almost unprecedented this early; good stand of corn; pastures doing well. Wabash county—Hail did considerable damage in a strip three miles wide, pigs and chickens were killed on t,his strip; farmers are taking up wheat for hay; crops look well outside of this district; some wheat will cot be worth the cutting. Miami county—Oats look well; most farmers replanting corn in inundated lowlands; rye in good shape; wheat only fair; pastures good; potatoes look well; plenty of fruit. Cass and Carroll counties—Wheat wonderfully improved, and turning in localities; core in splendid condition; oats rye and pastures doing well; plenty of peaches and other fruits, except apples. Benton county—Wheat fair; oats fine; corn excellent; haymaking begun; corn plowing in full pro j
gress; grasses and pastures in fine shape. Grant county — Wheat fair and is maturing rapidly; fruit prospects excellent; chinch bugs have done considerable damage. Blackford and Jay counties—Good showers during the week, and all crops doing well, except wheat, which has been injured to some extent by rust and fly. H. A. Huston, Director. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, L. F. O. Weather Bureau, Ass’t Dir’tor.
THE TRADE REVIEW.
Baiiotis Waits Action on Conventions. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: "It is highly suggestive that, with as little help as there is now from -new business, markets are so nearly maintained. Summer is close at hand, and with new crops promising well and old stocks large, it is no wonder that the farm products are cheap. The factories and mills are still waiting for the rush of business seen last year, and in spite of narrow orders at present are genarally holding on with much confidence. It is so late that gold exports no longer alarm, for the date of expected returns draws near. “The opinion gains ground that more active business is to be expected after the conventions have been held and the safety and the sufficiency of the crops have been assured. Low prices at this season affects farmers very little. “The decline in wheat and cotton has helped in marketing the surplus, so that exports have been more liberal. From the Atlantic ports there were 2,227,411 bushels of wheat for the week, flour included, against 1,555,308 bushels last year; while Western receipts—--2,006,475 bushels, against 1,726,457 bushels last year—increased much less than heretofore. Estimates entitled to most confidence point to a probable yield of 500,000,000 bushels of wheat, which, with the stock carried over, will carry away any danger of oppressive charges for breadstuffs, at the same time giving producers a fair return. ■paißinmnoDß sqoojs snouuouo qRM ‘pjOOOJ AAOJ M9U B S9JJBUI pjßf PUB —JBJ snq; JB9 A jsbi ÜBqj j9}B9j3 juao J9 d 01 oSBDjqo ;b—XAB9q Xj 9 a st }S9m aqj jB 9HJBD JO JU9UI9AOUI Oqj, ’9U|[D9p buios 9snßa Xiqßqcud pinoM ÜBoijgmy jo noijdmnsuoD s.pijoav mnuiixßm oqj Suip99ox9 piopf b SB ‘ssjj injnußq .£ub )U9A9Jd oj qSnous 9Sjbj 9q oj P[9lX JtBJ B XJUO qjJM UIBJJ99 SJ SdOJO jsßd raojj snidans sqj pub ‘siqBJOABj si J9qjB9AV 9qj JJ S9ieq 000‘000‘0I jo doao b 9}B9]puf ssuiJoqjnß jsaq aqj xq 9289JD8 uojioa sqj jo sajuranss 9qx„ “The hardest problem of the day is whether iron and steel prices can be maintained, as they have been during the past Week. .. The nail associations have failed thus far to win over competitors, who undersell them, and are able to manufacture 75,00 kegs, against every 100,000 by concerns in the combination. The bar association asks for iron more than the seeling price for steel bars. Naturally the doubt regarding the maintenance of prices greatly checks the demand for the but the belief that a much larger demand is certain and will not long be delayed, is the one thing which prevents considerable decline. “The textile manufacturers are waiting, with some cotton goods reduced still further in price, and ginghams to the lowest point even known, while no increase appears in the demand. Sales of wool still fall below half the quantity required for a full consumption and prices have further declined, the average of quotations by Coates & Bros, falling below 13 cents for the first time, making the fall 47.8 per cent in five years. Clay worsteds and mixtures, fancy cassimeres, and fancy worsteds are a shade lower, the average of representative prices being 28.4 per cent lower than in the spring of 1890, against 37.37 per cent a month ago. “Failures for the week were 234 in the United States against 195 last year and twenty-nine ifi Canada against twenty-five last year.” ALL SILVER IN ARIZONA. Territorial Convention Selects Deies;»tes to the Chicago Convention. The Arizona democratic territorial convention, which assembled at Phoenix Monday, adopted the following financial resolution: “We favor the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage ol gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, as such coinage existed prior to 1873, without waiting for the aid or the consent of any other nations; such gold and silver to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private. We are opposed to the retirement of he greenbacks, and demand that the secretary of the treasury, instead of issuing interest bearing bonds for the purchase of gold, shall recognize silver as the money of redemption and exercise the right to redeem greenbacks, the treasury notes and all other coin obligations in silver where silver is more convenient.” The delegates to the national convention were instructed to vote as a unit and to vote only for a free-coinage candidate for the nomination for president and vice-president. The platform demands the immediate admission of Arizona to statehood. A resolution pledging the Chicago delegates to was voted down.
What appears to have been a small cyclone wrecked Edward Minckler’s barn about six miles north of Oshkosh. Wiß., at about 4 o’clock Monday afternoon. The path of the cyClone was not at any time more than fifty or sixty feet wide.
TARIFFTOBEDROPPED
FINANCE THE GREAT QUESTION AT ISSUE. Plans of Gold and Silver Men Set Forth aa Learned from Current Gossip at Washington—Gold People May Non* Inate Cleveland. Washington special: Public interest here is centered on the probable action of the St. Louis convention on the currency question. Speculation on this subject is rife in every quarter. Opinions range from the adoption of a “sound money” plank to the indorsement of ultra free-silver views. The concensus of conservative opinion, however, is that the financial plank will be either the re-enactment of the Minneapolis plank of the plank adop.-. ed by the recent republican state convention in Ohio. Some prominent eastern republicans incline to the belief that the St. Louis convention will take such action on the currency question as will satisfy the “sound-money” men. Such opinions however, are Offset as already indicated by the views of the free-silver men of the west. Old political philosophers are very free in their predictions that the platform adopted at St. Louis will be too much like the Minneapolis or Ohio plank to suit either the radical gold or silver men. It is the belief of these same political philosophers, that, unless the unexpected happens, the Chicago convention will declare for free t silver. They admit tbat the convention will not b° held for some time, and the action c; the St. Louis convention in the mi s;:time may influence the result at Chicago. A gentleman pominent in the councils of the republican party, gives the following as his opinion on the subject: “I predict that' two days after the Chicago convention th% tariff question v ill be as dead as a door nail. Y. won’t hear the. subject of tarU: nr” tionccl. The currency question is the th:ng "hi-. 5 ' —'his r- mt.xy from r.r.v urtii • her election, an 1. ur*“£f! ray op:.- irns "re false, the nice question will coplinue to agitate this cciiTitrv foq»<
PISTOL DUEL AT BARDS, ILL.
Prof. Mickey Kills Dr. Dailer for a Young Woman Whom He Was to Wed. At Bards, 111., near Vincennes, Dr. J. H. Dailey was killed by Prof. Sampson T. Mickey in a quarrel over a young woman whose home was at Dr. Dailey’s and to whom, it is alleged, Prof. Mickey was betrothed. Dr. Dailey and hia wife were sitting in the office when Prof. Mickey passed. Dailey asked his wife to retire from the office and called in Prof, Mickey. Soon after Mickey entered the office five shots were heard, Friends found Mickey standing over Da|ley with a revolver in his hand, jjlalley 'had a revolver tehffEin Sfc right hand. Mickey gave tfiniself hp to the officers and was takeh to the county jail at Lawrenceville to escape violence. Mickey says he 1 shot in self-de-fense. It is believed it was a duel at short range in which the professor was quickest in using his weapon. Mickey Rad just returned from Mississippi, where he had gone to prepare j a home for himself and prospective bride.
JULES SIMON DEAD.
Distinguished French Statesman Ends His Long and Honorable Career. Jules Simon, the distinguished French statesman, fortnerly premier
JULES SIMON.
who had been dangerously ill for soni: died Monday, aged 83 years.
KANSAS STRONG FOR SILVER.
Democratic State Convention So InHtructft til© Delegate*. The democratic state convention met at Topeka, Kan., Wednesday and elected delegates to the national convention. The administration of President Cleveland was indorsed, but the following financial plank was adopted: “Resolved, That we demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, without awaiting the action of any other government or people, as we believe this country is large enough to establish and maintain its own financial system;
Silver Wins at Oh'o Primaries.
Cincinnati, Ohio, special: The democratic primaries of Hamilton county resulted In the election of slxtY-six silver and two gold delegates to the democratic state convention at Columbus June 23. Of the 6,219 votes cast 5,756 were for the silver tickets and the city of Cincinnati cast 4,000 silver votes. The returns from other counties show that the delegates selected up to date to the state convention Btand as follows: Silver, 307; gold, 14; uninstructed, 23.
YOU ARE TO BLAME.
Th« Man Who Takes a Kick Deserves It There is no sense in workingmen finding fault with their surroundings as ldng as they are content to stand idly by and let monopolists work their own sweet pleasure. The man who ]g robbed is just as much to blame as the man who robs him if it is in his power to prevent the robbery. Instead of whining at their position workingmen should realize that it is their own fault ‘if they are imposed upon. They constitute the great majority of the voters of the country, and at every election they bob up serenely and deposit their ballots to perpetuate the very state of affairs they declaimed against. If they are in favor of this kind of thimg, and they generally vote as if they were, they should be manly enough to brace up and take their gruel like men and do less whining. When the masses really mean what they say they will tell the robber he has gone far enough and must go no farther, and they will vote In such a way as to show that they mean business. The man who 1b always running down the professional politician and then votes for him on election day is a pretty contemptible individual and worthy of no consideration at the hands of his fellows. To abolish robbery and poverty, and one always follows the other, it is necessary for labor to change its diet and take a good-sized dose of common sense, then it will talk less and do more. You cannot kill monopoly by supporting its ticket. You must get a hustle on and do a little voting for yourself, and until you are sensible enough to do so you will get what you deserve —the bone, with all the meat scraped of. —Industrial Banner.
Workingmen.
Don’t go into polictics. You will only be skinned. Only demagogues and agitators want you to go into politics. This is the advice of the men who have been getting the benefits of your votes all your lives. They have grown fat and domineering on your votes. They have sold your votes to corporations at so much a head. All bad laws in favor of the property class attest this fact. You are in politics now. You are in politics at every election. You can’t keep out of politics. The men who want labor unions to avoid politics are in the pay or friendship of the people who now fatten off your votes. They want you to remain ignorant so they can the unions if they vote to discuss politics themselves and don’t want you to see how you are being used. They fear it tvill injure the unions! They are the men who will try to break up the unions if they vote to discuss politics. Members of unions who think more of party prejudice than unionism are the bane of organized labor. Labor unions can control politics in their own interest, but they must discuss politics to learn how to do it. Why ask laws of old party hacks? Why not elect men who want these laws without being asked? Every enemy ot the laboring men, every monopolist and employer, advises laboring men to remain ignorant and vote as they have in the past. Wake up, you sluggards.— Coming Nation.
What Does “Sound Money" Mean?
“Sound Money” means gold t>ase money. “Gold Base Money” means scarce money. “Scarce Money” means dear money. “Dear Money” means small wages for labor and cheap prices for the products of labor. “Small Wages for Labor” means that laboring people cannot purchase what they need or desire. “Small Price for Products of Labor” means that labor must reproduce the “products of labor” at a still reduced price. “A Reduced Price for Products of Labor” means a greater reduction in wages of labor, and this means poverty to the laborer and general bankruptcy to the people. “A Greater Reduction in Itoe Wages of Labor” means millionaires ahd paupers. It. means the kind of philanthropy exhibited by such people as Rockefeller, Carnegie and Pullman. It means grand colleges and churches for the rich, and merry hell for the poor. It means if you want these conditions to continue, then vote the republican and democratic tickets. It means, choose ye this day whom ye will serve.” —“God” (the people), or “Baal” (the plutocracy). If you are on the Lord’s side get out of the old republican and democratic parties. They are organized and operated by “Baal,” and his priests, the politicians, in the interest of plutocracy.
WISDOM OF GAMALIEL.
Refor-r-r-rm 1 Getting reform on the plan which some of the ma-sheen politicians propose, reminds ds of the old story of how a certain school district undertook to build a new schoolhouse. The people of the district held a meeting one night and after a long discussion voted as follows: First: Resolved that we will build a new school house; Second: Resolved that we will build the new house by using the material of the old one; Third: Resolved that we will continue to use the old school house until the new one is built. Then a proviso was adopted like this: Provided, that we will not accept the new house unless it is painted red—the same color as thd old one. Adjourned. And so the politicians propose: Tb* build a new party—out of the old one—and stay in the old one till the new onet comes into power. And the new party must wear the old label, else—no good. —Nevada Director.